Toshiba trashed by teen

I recently 'cleaned' this computer and upgraded the memory. I left it with Eset running and it seemed fine until a 14 yr old nephew spent one session on it. When I heard about it, the browser was hanging without connecting. System control soon degraded to the point where Windows loads but that is it. Task mgr, file explorer, start button, browser... nothing works. Disk activity is evident but 'it' will not release the machine even after sitting off the ethernet wire for a substantial time after loading the OS. Safe mode available but 'it' blocks the run of Malwarebytes (though the app will load into memory). The only scans I could run were from within safe mode. not sure how useful that may be but RSIT outputs attached. I have DDS scan from safe mode I will place under separate post.

Best advice about next step please. Thank you for taking this under advisement.

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Toshiba trashed by teen

I recommend downloading and running Reimage. It's a computer repair tool that has been proven to identify and fix many Windows problems with a high level of success.

I have had trouble recently with my homepage and serch engines. They have all changed to some teen-biz page, and I am continually getting new sites in my favourites list, and all my sites are deleted. I have run Hijack this and CWShredder. I was wanting to know if there is anything else I need to do.Thanks

hey guys, everytime i start my computer my home page has been changed to teen-biz. also websites have been added to my favourites list. when i shutdown iget a window come up that says Win Min not responding. and sometimes it says NVIDEA twinwindow not responding. I have tried Spy-bot, adaware 6, cwshredder they get things sometimes but when i reboot its all backthere again. i tried Hijack this and this is what i got. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7Scan saved at 2:02:16 PM, on 28/11/2003Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

My daughter is wanting a new laptop that will run the game Star Wars The Old Republic.The system requirements are :Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or betterOperating System: Windows XP or laterRAM: 2gbVideo Card: min256 MB on-board RAM and support for Shader 3.0

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It may help you if you print out or copy this page for easy reference.. Make sure to work through the fixes in the exact order its listed..These instructions only apply to HJT v1.99.1

Please Keep your browser and all open programs closed (except firewalls and antivirus) when you are carrying out the fixes..

Download any of the required programs before attempting to start any of the fixes.

Turn off System Restore instructions (WinXP)
Rightclick My Computer | Properties | System Restore | check ?Turn off System Restore?, <Apply>, <OK>. Reboot. When we have confirmed that your log file is clean, you may renable System Restore and create a new restore point.

If you hav'nt already done so,download and run AboutBuster & CWShredder (check for updates) for a preliminary cleanup first.Some files below may not be present after running the above programs.Full instructions below.

How to install and run CWShredder

Download CWShredder
Choose the stand alone version. This is free.
Save cwshredder.exe into its own directory, NOT in a T... Read more

i am posting on behalf of a friend who, unfortunately, due to being to occupied with family concerns, is unable to log on and post for herself. therefore, i am trying to find out whatever i can for her. her problem (or at least the most bothersome thereof) is being constantly & frequently bombarded by pop-ups & redirects apparently associated with http://teen-biz.com

she has already downloaded, installed and regularly updated and run spybot, adaware as well as hijack this. unfortunately she is still being tormented by having her children be subjected to the extremely profane visual & text attacks that teen-biz seems to feel compelled to launch at every opportunity. as you can see from the following hijack log, teen-biz was found:

I have an almost 13 year old granddaughter that is very good with logic puzzles and loves the computer and stated an interest in learning how to program games.While I know my way around the PC, I've never done much in the line of programming. I am considering on buying her for Christmas a beginners guide to C++. My thinking is if she's going to learn she might as well gain some real life experience she can use as opposed to getting her a book on basic or something like that.My question is two fold to you programmers. Is C++ going to be too difficult for a kid her age? And secondly any other recommendations for a simple C++ book or other suggestions if I'm not on the right path thinking about C++. I did find the MS visual C++ compiler that I downloaded for her and a beginners video from the MS website to supplement the book.Any help will really be a appreciated.Floyd

Hello,
I hope you can help me.
My daughter is experiencing problems with her Windows ME machine. I've cleaned off what I could with Spybot and Adaware. I've also run Norton 2002 and the Micro trend on-line virus scan (although I'm not confident that the on-line scan made it to completion).

I'm seeing alot of modem activity, even when nothing else is running on her PC. She's getting icons on her desktop, pop-ups and spyware. Her machine is running very slowly and locks up on a regular basis.

I've run hijackthis and Hijackthis analyzer. The analyzer log is posted below:
Thanks in advance.
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Log was analyzed using KRC HijackThis Analyzer - Updated on 3/2/05
Get updates at http://www.greyknight17.com/download.htm#programs

It's actually over his budget... until his next paycheck, at which point it'll wipe out his savings account.So before he blows everything he's earned this summer taking orders at a fast-food joint, thought I'd ask if this will be a great choice. It's a Lenovo Y50 laptop sold on Amazon. He looked at it in a Best Buy store where it costs nearly a hundred dollars more. He's a junior in high school this year, so use will be for any school related study/research rolleyes, facebook, Minecraft and he wants to get Skyrim/Elder Scrolls downloaded once he makes his purchase. I think the salesman said that this could be linked to his PS4 - I'm not a techie at all so I don't know that this is hugely important but my son seemed impressed.

I've read reviews dissing the screen. But we saw it in store and didn't think it looked as... unpleasant as some reviewers thought. The other negative thing I've read is something about having to press two keys on the keyboard to control the sound. Again, I don't think that that sounds like a big deal either.

I guess I'm wondering if there's something better for his money or is this actually dang good for $1250 plus tax from Best Buy? (I know Amazon's price is cheaper but hesitate to have to handle any troubles we ... Read more

Hi, when I start my computer and run my IE, the startpage changes to teen-biz.com and a bunch of porn sites are added to my Favorites folder. IE will also open on its own periodically to some porn-site. Lastly, when I shut my computer down, I receive a Winn Min error ("can't end program . . . ").

I've run Ad-Aware, Spybot, SpyHunter and CWShredder but still the above garbage occurs. Can anyone please help? I appreciate any comments. Below is my Hijackthis output. Thank you in advance.

Hi. Im brandnew to the forrum but i have a good question. I am an avid pc gamer but im only aloud to play teen rated games. Are there any decent teen shooters out? If so, are they recent with good graphics? Thanks!

A:Teen First Person Shooter

i play counterstrike source, thats rated mature, i realize thats your problem. I hope im wrong but there may not be any teen rated fps out there. Good Luck to you.

OK. I will attach the HJT log for my son's computer. It is running really slow and is constantly running low on disc space. He was using his computer in safe mode until I found out. I removed some of the crap that he had but have no clue what else there may be. Please help. Computer is only a few months old and should not have too many problems. Thanks....

Hello, folks. My teen can't get enough of MySpace, YouTube and associated activities. The more she uses them, the more I have to keep cleaning out Virtumonde, Smitfraude, etc. malware that keep repeatingly placed on my PC. I'm tired of the junk! How can she keep using her favorite sites without junking up the PC with malware? I am running Win XP, antivirus is Panda Internet Security (which I love 10x better than Norton or McAfee) plus I also clean out with Spybot often (probably need to do this more often). What guidelines can I give my teen to help prevent malware? She also IM's a lot, and I'm gonna tell her about not clicking on IM links. Frustrated Mom

A:Keep Getting Reinfected When My Teen Uses Myspace

Do you use the Firefox browser? That will definitely help. You're more likely to get infected on myspace using Internet Explorer.

Spybot is pretty ineffective these days. It was decent several years ago, but now I'd recommend Malwarebytes or SuperAntiSpyware.

Hi:Not even sure if this is the right place. My pre-teen cousin installed WINAMP on my mother's computer. 1. Is this a legal program? Is it any good? Does it cost anything monthly?

2. Now The sound on her computer doesn't work. I get an error message from NullSoft. "bad direct sound driver. PLEASE INSTALL Proper drivers OR SELECT another device in configuration." Error Code 887800A

Anything yu can tell me about this or how to fix will be deeply appreciated.

This website keeps popping up and I have run Adware and Spybot. It was also charging calls to my phone. I have put a block on my phone with the phone company and now have to send a letter an a email to dispute these charges. I have never been to that web site and it keeps popping up. I did read whre the average person can go remove this with help so Help. This is the information I get when I run spyware.

TEEN PATTI GOLD IS ANDROID CARD PLAYING GAME WHICH HAS MANY MODES TO PLAY LIKE POKER TEEN PATTI MUFLIS AND MANY MORE. THERE IS MODE CALLED ANDAR BAHAR MEANS(IN OR OUT) LIKE IN IMAGE EXAMPLE IS SHOWN.YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME BY SIMPLY PLACE YOUR BETS IN OR OUT. NOW THE PROBLEM, IF YOU CLICK ON YOUR PROFILE YOU WILL SEE A CODE IN DOWN RIGHT CORNER. THIS CODE SOMETHING LIKE THAT (YHgoE0HQ2qW11).EVERY TIME ON NEW CARD THE LAST FIVE DIGITS OF THIS CODE KEEP ON CHANGING. AND MY DOUBT IS THAT THIS CODE SHOW THAT ON WHICH SIDE THE CARD WILL DRAWN ON IN OR OUT.BUT I CANT CRACK THIS CODES IF YOU GUYS CAN PLZ RESPONES. I THINK ITS UNICODE HEXA I DONT KNOW REALLYY PLZ RESPONES. MY WHATSAPP NUMBER +92-315-9377670

Hello. I am new here but have been following these forums for a couple of weeks. I think the people [??] who create viruses should be treated like any other terrorist.

I have AVG and today when I opened my e-mail, I noticed a message labeled "Teen poll results" above a couple of other entries. So I used Shift and selected all three so I could delete them all at once. However Delete didn't work.

The AVG [Griswold] screen popped up and said it detected a virus. So I pressed "n" and even enter. Meanwhile, behind the AVG box, there was another box showing a file being downloaded. So I quickly clicked the Close X button for Outlook Express. I hope that cut it off at the pass.

So I have some questions:

1) Is there some way to select and delete something from my inbox without it starting to download?

2) Why didn't AVG stop this thing from down loading?

3) Assuming part of the virus downloaded, how do I find it and get rid of it?

Help please. I have a tech savvy 16 year old son that has to use his computer to do his homework, but is abusing it. I need to be able to see how he is using it (sites/time/things he's doing) and ideally restrict the site "affimatively" to just the sites he needs to do his homework. I check history, but he's savvy enuf' to clear individual entries as he goes..... I've reat about Webwatcher adn SpectrePro but have no idea what's good and what he couldn't detect and remove... I'm not that technical.... help please!

I have a couple of older Dell laptops here of the Windows 98 vintage. They have more than ample hard disks and 64 megs of RAM. I'm thinking of turning them into NetBooks for a couple of 10- and 12-year-olds. The laptops both have good batteries USB ports and PCMCIA slots so wireless will be an easy task.

Here's the question: How practical a job is this and what OS would be best?

I know just a very little about NetBooks, mostly what I've learned by looking at them on the store shelves.

Is there a way to allow my daughter (degraded to Standard User) to have some admin privileges (to perform upgrades and downloads without "admin login required"), but without having the permissions from removing other administrators (i.e. IT dad)?

In other words, IT parents as Uber-Administrators and User children as Limited-Adminstrators (i.e., cannot remove a Uber-Adminstrator but can upgrade and download software)?

IT Dad wants to know, thx

jeff in seattle

A:Windows 7 Pro: Parent adminstration control and rebellious pre-teen

Sorry, I dont have an answer for you, but I'm in exactly the same boat. because I have three sons that install programs and updates like your daughter, that required me to intervene on a multiple-times-per-days basis I gave my kids administrative accounts on their own computers.

BIG MISTAKE!!

I use OpenDNS to prevent access to undesirable web stuff, and so I can have some semblence of knowledge of what is going on. But they hack, and they crack and they circumvent every bit of security I add.

Now I am considering setting them to standard users. And that means non-stop whining, negatively charged atmosphere, and daily interventions by me to install, update, remove and configure things on their PCs.

I feel for you. I hope someone here will be able to offer some guidance to us frustrated parents.

A while back my room mate was using my PC and said it started acting funny. Of course I went and was checking it out and of course it had gotten a virus.

I am running stopzilla and was using malwarbytes but neither of them seem to be helping my situation. Stopzilla removed several hundred instances of viruses, but there must be still something in the background running because every time I plug the network connection back in it slows down to the speed of stupid. I tried loading system restore but it just comes up and says system restore cannot protect your computer. Now I don't know what to do but format and I really don't want to do that unless completely necessary. I do have an external hardrive and can back up stuff to that but I am afraid that the virus might latch on to that as well so would rather not.

After reading a few posts I downloaded hijack this and ran a scan for people to see. Maybe someone can help._____________________________________________________________________________________Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4Scan saved at 11:27:57 AM, on 7/11/2011Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512)Boot mode: Normal

I'm hoping someone out there can help because I am at a loss. It happened on the 19th. My PC froze up and nothing would respond. I had to power off and when I restarted it, I have no network. No adapters, no connections, nothing. Rebooted and tried again. No change. Tweaked some setting here and there, still nothing. Finally broke down and did a system restore, this did not help. I have looked through similar posts trying to find a solution, and missing icons seem to be a big problem, but the difference is that I am not able to connect to the internet. It is not just my icons that are missing but my whole network infrastructure it seems.

In Device Manager, there are no adapters being listed at all. When I click on show hidden, I am shown a bunch a bunch of WAN miniports but not my network adapter (Realtek RTL8139/810x Ethernet NIC) or my firewire adapter. I have tried re-installing the adapters and I receive a code 10. I downloaded new drivers from Realtek's website and installed those... it did not help. I cannot remove my network adapter because it is attached to the motherboard or I would have tried that. I ran "netsh int ip reset" and rebooted but this did not fix the problem either. I installed the "support tools" from the my XP disks and ran netdiag.exe and I get the following log:

"Failed to get information for a network adapter. The error occured was: The pipe is being closed. (232)[FATAL] Cannot find TCP/IP configuration from the ... Read more

Hello everyone, i was hoping i could get a hand. A couple of days ago my girlfriend downloaded some programs i.e. fake anti-virus and reg repair tools. Well needless to say this our PC is now running like crap. I downloaded Hijack this and did a scan, honesty i have no idea how to read these results (know just enough to get myself in trouble) was hoping somone could lend a hand let me know what i can do to fix this issue. Here is a copy of the scan. Thanks a ton!Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2Scan saved at 4:38:28 AM, on 4/25/2009Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18226)Boot mode: NormalRunning processes:c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exeC:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exeC:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exeC:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exeC:\Windows\ehome\ehtray.exeC:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exeC:\Windows\ehome\ehmsas.exeC:\Windows\explorer.exeC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieuser.exeC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeC:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10b.exeC:\Users\TONYA&~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EX03.873\HijackThis.exeC:\Users\Tonya & Darren\Desktop\HijackThis.exeR1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search ... Read more

A:Please help PC is trashed!

Hello and welcome to Bleeping ComputerWe apologize for the delay in responding to your request for help. Here at Bleeping Computer we get overwhelmed at times, and we are trying our best to keep up. Please note that your topic was not intentionally overlooked. Our mission is to help everyone in need, but sometimes it takes just a little longer to get to every request for help. No one is ignored here.If you have since resolved the original problem you were having, we would appreciate you letting us know. If not please perform the following steps below so we can have a look at the current condition of your machine. If you have not done so, include a clear description of the problems you're having, along with any steps you may have performed so far.Upon completing the steps below another staff member will review and take the steps necessary with you to get your machine back in working order clean and free of malware.If you have already posted a DDS log, please do so again, as your situation may have changed.Use the 'Add Reply' and add the new log to this thread.Thanks and again sorry for the delay.We need to see some information about what is happening in your machine. Please perform the following scan:Download DDS by sUBs from one of the following links. Save it to your desktop.DDS.comDDS.scrDDS.pifDouble click on the DDS icon, allow it to run.A small box will open, with an explaination about the tool. No input is needed, the scan is running.Notepad will open with the resul... Read more

arigh today, im 16 know a little about computer, but what hapend was i swiched out my celeron wit my cousins p4 but when i put it in , the computer didnt even bother to trurn on. so i put back in my celeron. now it dont even turn on at all!!what can i do at home to fix it!!!

A:help pc is almost trashed

Well, for starters, did you install the CPU Heatsink/Fan along with the CPU? This is mandatory. A fresh application of thermal grease for each removal of the HSF would also be great.

You have not specified any details about installing the HSF with the CPU, so most likely it is heat. If you have installed the HSF unit, make sure it is mounted correctly and applying full pressure and contact with the surface of the CPU.

We have a HP 524w all was well until the other night, not sure what happened as I was not here. Now all it does is reboots and gives the page where it ask about restart. Like in safe modesafe mode with networkinglast knownetc..... at the bottom is says...Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt /Windows/system32/conf ig/SYSTEMIt says to insert the Windows start up disk and hit R on the first screen and I have tried but it is like it is not even reading the disk. It just KEEPS going back to the other screen. ANY ideas or have I killed my computer?Oh and by the way I am coputer illiterate.ThanksThomas

I upgraded from windows 7 a few months ago to windows 8. All was going great and I was happy with it. Having a desktop like before for the wife and a new windows one for me. Anyway I went on to download 8.1. This ran ok but took almost 5 hours to download and set up even on my broadband running at 14 Mbs. Anyway all was doing ok until the last group of updates from Microsoft. I could not use IE and other programs in the computer just would not load. I could get onto my home page but that was it. No links would work, my email could not be got at. I uninstalled the updates and still the computer was not right. In the end I used system restore to a date before updates and that went well making the computer usable again. That was till them updates got back in. In the end I have had to use the system disc and clean out the computer and put windows 8 back in totally. I have now knocked the automatic updates on the head opting for them to be downloaded but not installed till I make sure that 8.1 is not in there. I cannot go back to windows 7 which I would like to after all this messing about. Windows 8 is good but that's where is will stop at praising it.

A:8.1 trashed system

I agree with you I also wish today I had never installed Win8 and today really wish had not done the 8.1 IMHO degrade of the already flawed windows operating system. Right off with Win8 from Win7 my year old programs like Roxie Video Pro. could not be installed, also my Sony programs could not be installed. But some really old programs installed with WinXD they could be installed. Now with Win8.1 WiFi router a brand new Netgear Night Hawk has to be reconnected each time system is started. Also all other Win7 systems I have will connect to my new Canon G16 WiFi camera, Win8.1 won't connect does not find my camera. So Microsoft again like many past failed operating systems, you have failed your system users.

Can I take the hard drive out (HP) and move it to the new computer (GATEWAY) just to be able to save my files and such? If so can you tell me how. The gateway does not have the belt cable like the HP does, so how to I get around that?

A:If computer is trashed.....

you could buy a HDD enclosure and run it as an external drive. That way you can simply explore the external HDD for the files you want.

I have a Compaq Presario (it's an older one) and the cd-rom was not opening. I tried to insert a pin into the manual open override, but it did not work this time. So I then took a screw driver, while the pin was still inserted, and then... well, to make a long story short, I broke the cd rom drawer, and it will neither open nor close. In fact, I had to force it shut. Can I replace the the cd rom component? Is it easy? How much will it cost?

A:Solved: CD ROM is trashed...

If its a desktop, then its easy and cheap. You need a Parallel ATA(PATA or IDE) type drive, CD or DVD.

To replace it you open the case, screws or clip on the back and access the cables for the drive. Depending on the case you may have remove part of the front or the whole front to remove the drive. Check the HP site for your specific Compaq model and they sometimes have a guide.

ok i have had this problem for days, i'm running win xp and i have norton security installed. i keep getting a warning saying a virus has been detected. they are calling the virus W32.Alcra.B. any idea how to clean this nasty thing up? please help, and i thank you! here is a hijackthis log. i used the krc hijackthis analyzer too.====================================================================Log was analyzed using KRC HijackThis Analyzer - Updated on 8/4/05Get updates at http://www.greyknight17.com/download.htm#programs

I just purchased this mini net notebbook and like every laptop I have purchased and desktop computers I could of bought a new car. It always shows in the left column what programs have been used recently. I have never set up the file and transfer wizard to transfer any files from any computer that I have previously owned because every computer I buy gets trashed within hours of owning it. The first thing I notice is the file and transfer wizard is in the column where ot shows the programs that have been recently used. Then I go through and try to set up my computer like I want, but almost every setting has been grayed out and I can't change it. Not even the the time and date. Then I try to download my security software and install it on my C:\Program Files and I get a message I do not have permission to install programs on my C drive contact my computer administrator. I right click the C drive look at the security tab and findAdministrator In Folder (Owner-PC)System no folderUsers In Folder (Owner-PC)Authenicated Users No FolderAll the inherited from is changed to not inheritedThen If I want to add myself My user name Owner I click add and her is the list of user that have been added to my computerAdministrator In Folder(Owner-pc)Administrators In Folder (Owner-PC)Anoumous no folderBatch no folderConsole Login No folderCreator Group No FolderCreator Owner No folderDial up no folderDistributed Com Users (Owner-PC)Event Log ReadersEveryoneGuestGuestsiis... Read more

A:New Computer is trashed

Hi and welcome to TSG you could try this as a possible way to get things sorted http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html

I have a sony Vaio laptop with xp media center 2005. Its a friends, so information is limited. What I do know is explorer.exe will not load when signing into windows. The only way to get around is by launching task mgr and stating new, iexplore.exe.
I have tried to load explore.exe, but I get an error message that states, can not find. I browse to the windows folder and find it there, but it will not launch there either.

I was able to manually install Norton 2009 and it did remove some viruses, trojens and backdoors.

Hey people, just a little hint in case this hasn't been posted here before... Last week one of our developers installed a defunctified version of their software onto his machine which completely trashed it. There was NO way to get into it...booting from a DOS diskette was useless because all of his partitions were NTFS.I thought of installing NT on one of his partitions, but that would involve formatting a partition, all of which had critical info.Then BOOM, I remembered how Win2000 installs without automatically formatting anything, so I installed w2k, transferred all his data to another machine, then wiped his computer out and reinstalled his workstation, as if nothing ever happened...well except for me working on a saturday, grrr.Peace.

A:Salvaging data from trashed NT

Greetings

Good for you. Now let me tell you of an easier way: Download NTFSdos from www.sysinternals.com

It is an NTFS driver for DOS. Let's you mount NTFS drives in DOS 6.22 and lets you read from them (the full version that you have to pay for, allows you to read AND write to NTFS drives). So, what you could have done was put in your favourite bootdisk (or download mine from www.xperts.co.za/reuel/multiboot - it comes with NTFSdos) and save your data through good old DOS.

Then I made the even bigger mistake of running spybot and adaware after having used Kazaa, they found almost 100 files, folders and registry keys that would have been classed as scumware, and I removed them.

The next time I tried to open Kazaa, of course it wouldn't work. So I tried to uninstall Kazaa - wouldn't uninstall because it was missing some file (coincidentally). So I tried to “un-quarantine” all the scumware files on my machine in order to be able to uninstall Kazaa before scanning again….

The machine subsequently crashed and now will not boot up at all. Even in safe mode it will not work. I have run a windows repair but it hasn’t made any difference.

Hi people sorry for the long post but this is what I did to myself and now I desperately need your help ,I don't know what to do now and just sitting here not know what the heck to do ?? its says norton ghost unable to connect to the agent service not running ?? specified service does not exist as an installed service It took me 40 posts and four months to finally learn how to install and use and restore with ghost 9x and to repartition my hardrive with partition magic 8x and now I am back to square one with ghost at least anywayI just hope its not too crptic and I have given you enough info to figure this out I tried to fix a ballon pop up that kept saying critical error in the system tray every time I installed new software or rebooted and this is what I tried and I made things way worse , I guess I should have left it as it was

1- I turned on my usb hdd 2- rebooted with it on 3-configuration as far as the letters of my drives had no changes cdrw i dvdrw H still the same 4- turned off power and removed cord usb hdd 5- rebooted with no ext hdd connected to pc 6- configuration stayed the same on cdrw dvdrw

OK I am still trying to fix that error message problem so I do this right click on c drive graphic in "my computer" this time I get the message popup but then doesn't tell me install or anything and I ge... Read more

I was playing around when I shouldn't have been, I downloaded and installed Windows 7 Manager v2.1.7. After about 15 minutes I decided to delete it. I rebooted the system after the uninstall. Now my Desktop icons have an additional box overlayed on the highlighted icon (see attachment). When I could not find any other solution, I elected to do a System Restore. Unfortunately, none of the Restore Points prior to the installation of Windows 7 Manager will restore. Any suggestion on correcting the icons?

PS. I have already tried deleting the icon cache and cleaning the Thumbnails...Mel

A:Trashed Desktop Icons

Quote: Originally Posted by melmitts

I was playing around when I shouldn't have been, I downloaded and installed Windows 7 Manager v2.1.7. After about 15 minutes I decided to delete it. I rebooted the system after the uninstall. Now my Desktop icons have an additional box overlayed on the highlighted icon (see attachment). When I could not find any other solution, I elected to do a System Restore. Unfortunately, none of the Restore Points prior to the installation of Windows 7 Manager will restore. Any suggestion on correcting the icons?

PS. I have already tried deleting the icon cache and cleaning the Thumbnails...Mel

Then hooked up the 2 SATA drives.
WD, came with a CD with setup etc on it.

Restarted with the setup CD in, XP found
1 drive, got it formatted, so far so good.

Wouldn't find the other SATA drive.
Should I have just hooked one up and
done setup at a time? Tried unhooking
it, restarting, then shut down and hooked
it back up and restarted again. Still no find.

PROBLEM - assembled the unit in less than
optimum situation, the EIDE and the 2nd
SATA drive suffered a fall during assembly.

Tried hooking the non-responsive SATA drive
with the alternate cabling setup with the
4 pin legacy power cable, in doing so,
inadvertently left the EIDE / C drive
unpowered. On startup, of course there
was an error in loading the OS from the
unplugged EIDE / C drive.

Plugged in the C drive, restarted, STILL
getting "error loading OS". Checking
cables, hookups, still same problem.
Is it likely a drive problem, or is there
something I can do or reset in the BIOS?

I've got to finish all the little setup items,
but being XP worked fine before, did I
trash the EIDE drive somehow? Or is
there anything I can try to get it back?

I suppose the non-responsive SATA drive
is just expensive trash because of the
fall it suffered?

As the title suggest, my little brother was looking up inappropriate content, which caused a bunch of malware and other malicious programs to get their way onto our laptop. I don't normally use this laptop, but I noticed that most of the programs have been on here for over a month now. I attempted to clean up as much as I could. I believe a lot of the programs revolve around WhiteSmoke and Conduit toolbar, which has also affected Firefox, which my family uses as the default browser, and IE. I've used SpyBot and Malwarebytes to help get rid of some of the malware. While I was attempting to clean what I could, an error would pop up stating that 'Windows Explorer has stopped working and needs to reset." Help would be much appreciated, thanks!

Edit: Is it possible for the malicious programs on here to make their way on to my own personal computer that shares the same network? On my own pc, I have my Sharing and Discovery settings, located in the Network and Sharing center, all set to off except Password Protected Sharing. I'd like to avoid these programs via Wifi if possible!

Now Drive J [External Maxtor 500GB] is where I keep all my family photos, music etc. Upon completion I checked the drive and all appeared in order.

However, now when I try to play a .mp3 I get one of 3 results a) it plays fine [Tag data correct]b) it plays fine but it's the wrong song [Tag data partly missing]c) it refuses to open and says unsupported file type.

As for the photos. a) Some open fine. b) Some open but my camera setting etc are missing. c) Some refuse to open even though the photo is shown so I know what I'm trying to open. d) Some are just blank with a file name. (Won't open)

This has only affected my external drive. C drive is fine. E Drive is fine.

One last thing. When I opened the external drive to check all as well there was a .txt file present. I opened it and it was a copy of the 'DOS type screen message&... Read more

A:Please Help - Indexing Trashed My Data

I am not real optomistic....but try rebuilding your indexgo to control panel.. then indexing options

My computer was having problems so I reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled windows xp. It worked great for about a week. Then all of a sudden, I had to boot from a disk. When I clicked on "My computer", my C Drive was:

[email protected]:/

(there were a lot of squares and things I don't have on my keyboard) But this is just an example.

What happened? Is there any hope for my old friend? BTW it was a Hewlitt Packard Pavillion.

A:Hard Drive Trashed?

That doesn't sound good. You might try putting the HD in another computer to be sure, but it looks like you are going to need a new one.

Hi - This might be slightly off topic - but this is where I came to read about how to fix my original problem based on others people's logs - but I have an after affect problem I cant fix.So - I had some sort of malware infection that caused some files/processes to spawn "17PHolmes.exe" and "mruni922.exe" crap. After reading a bunch here, and based on other people's HJT logs I ran that, and having no luck with my virus scanner or adaware - I ran Combofix. That solved the problem but seemingly created another side effect. I run Shareaza, and it will no seem to connect to any ports any more. I am behind a NAT router, and I have port forwarding set up. I have a w PC's. When I aim the port forward at that one, Shareaza responds fine and I can run the online port tester and scanners and they all are normal. When I aim my port forward at the formerly infected machine, it sees nothing. Scanners dont see it, and the Shareaza firewall/router test fails. If I go into the command prompt and do a "netstat -ano" it does indicate that the 6346 port is open under TCP and UDP and listening. Shareaza thinks it's firewalled though, and the outrside world in does as well. Because my other PC works fine, I think it's just this machine's config somehow. I've uninstalled Shareaza and reinstalled; I've reset the router and re-set up forwarded ports etc. Always the same results... is there something in here that is killing my ports? PS- net access works fi... Read more

A:Combofix Trashed My Ports?

One more tidbit of info: I'm alomost certain it's some windows network related file or process. I ran ethereal/wireshark - and I see that UDP packets on 6346 or coming and going - which probably explains why Shareaza can at least "connect". But, it wont respond on TCP packets on that port - they come in - but it said there was no destination port for them. And I see the TCP port assigned in netstat -ano, so there has to b e some middle layer in there misconfigured or gone, I just dont know what it is.

I recently downloaded a keygen that turned into a malicious exe file. I managed to kill it quickly, but not before it disabled some of the options on my machine. I edited my registry and managed to get the Task Manager working again, however I still can't change my wallpaper and the windows on my desktop stick.

I've tried reg repair programs and they haven't solved the problem for me. I still have the exe handy if anyone would like to take a look at it to maybe see what damage it caused.

thanks!

A:Virus trashed registry

Welcome to BCWe Need to check for Rootkits with RootRepealDownload RootRepeal from the following location and save it to your desktop.Direct Download (Recommended)Primary MirrorSecondary MirrorSecondary MirrorSecondary MirrorZip Mirrors (Recommended if you have a slower connection or if the Direct Download mirror is down) Primary MirrorSecondary MirrorSecondary MirrorRar Mirrors - Only if you know what a RAR is and can extract it. Primary MirrorSecondary MirrorSecondary MirrorExtract RootRepeal.exe from the archive (If you did not use the "Direct Download" mirror).Open on your desktop.Click the tab.Click the button.Check all seven boxes: Push OkCheck the box for your main system drive (Usually C:), and press Ok.Allow RootRepeal to run a scan of your system. This may take some time.Once the scan completes, push the button. Save the log to your desktop, using a distinctive name, such as RootRepeal.txt. Include this report in your next reply, please.----------------------------------Please note: If Rootrepeal fails to run, try this step: Click Settings - Options. Set the Disk Access slider to HighAlso try: right-click on rootrepeal.exe and rename it to tatertot.scr================================Please download Win32kDiag.exe by AD and save it to your desktop.alternate download 1alternate download 2This tool will create a diagnostic report Double-click on Win32kDiag.exe to run and let it finish. When it states Finished! Press any key to exit..., press any k... Read more